A resource to help leaders prepare young people for confirmation. This 'prequel' to the confirmation gift book Living your Confirmation (SPCK, 2012) contains 19 ready-to-use, interactive sessions to use with young people who are preparing for confirmation. The first part of the book focuses on the promises made in the confirmation service and relates to the topics covered in Living your Confirmation, including prayer, Holy Communion, going to church and social action. The second part includes sessions on sex, alcohol, image, exams, science, pornography and suffering. An introduction considers the point of confirmation and its role in a young person's faith journey. The book also includes a full programme for a pre-confirmation retreat and a liturgy for the enrolment of confirmands.

Pete Maidment

Cover page

Praise for the book

About the author

Title page

Imprint

Dedication

Preface: How to use this book

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1: The background

1. What is the point of confirmation?

2. What does it mean to be an adult Christian?

3. A typical session outline

Part 2: The sessions

Section 1: The Commission

Section 2: Issues

Part 3: Preparing for the service

1. The enrolment of confirmands

2. A programme for a pre-confirmation retreat

Notes

A resource to help leaders prepare young people for confirmation.

'A great course - Easy to use with minimal preparation, flexible, imaginative' Revd Richard Harlow

Pete Maidment is Youth Adviser for the Diocese of Winchester. He is co-author of Living your confirmation (SPCK, 2012) and has many years' experience of preparing young people for confirmation.

Are You Ready by Pete Maidment is a practical resource to help you prepare your young people for confirmation.  
Presented in two easy to manage sections, the first part helps you focus on the promises asked of young people at the confirmation service.

Supporting your confirmation preparation and pastoring of young people, this prequel to the confirmation gift book, Living your Confirmation (Eden Product Code 4024711) gives you contains 19 ready-to-use sessions to help you interact constructively with young people who are preparing for confirmation.

The 19 topics are linked to those covered in Pete Maidment's companion book, Living your Confirmation. Topics include prayer, Holy Communion, going to church and social action.

The first part of the book focuses on the promises made in the confirmation service and relates to the topics covered in Living your Confirmation, including prayer, Holy Communion, going to church and social action. The second part includes sessions on sex, alcohol, image, exams, science, pornography and suffering.

The introduction to Are You Ready considers the purpose of confirmation and its role in a young person's faith journey. The book also includes a full programme for a pre-confirmation retreat and a liturgy for the enrolment of confirmands.

Pete Maidment is the Adviser in Evangelism and Discipleship for Young People for the Diocese of Winchester and a youth pastor at Highfield church. He also chairs the Youth Culture and Mission Lectures, a group that organises academic lectures for those working with young people.

'A great course - Easy to use with minimal preparation, flexible, imaginative' - Revd Richard Harlow

Find practical guidance and support for your pastoring and preparation of young people considering confirmation

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